With its ultra-modern buildings of unusual shapes and colossal sizes, Dubai could be compared to a kids' Lego project.

And Dubai is now home to the first Legoland park in the Middle East, which opens its doors on October 31.

The park, which is made up of 60 million Lego bricks, boasts Lego replicas of Dubai's landmark monuments, including the tallest tower in the world - and now the world's tallest Lego building - the Burj Khalifa.

With its ultra-modern buildings of unusual shapes and colossal sizes, Dubai could be compared to a kids' Lego project. Pictured, the Great Sphinx of Giza

And Dubai is now home to the first Legoland park in the Middle East, which opens its doors on October 31. Pictured, the Dubai metro and the Burj Khalifa (second right)

The park, which is made up of 60 million Lego bricks, boasts Lego replicas of famous landmark monuments. Pictured, the ancient city of Petra in Jordan

Even the sleek 'seven-star' Burj Al Arab Hotel (pictured centre) has been constructed out of Lego bricks

The 17 metre-tall structure sparkles with lights during the LED light show and features a water fountain, with 100 nozzles spouting out water in front of the gigantic tower, to emulate the iconic Dubai Fountain.

The park is also home to Lego versions of the Dubai Marina, with its boats and a Lego water flyboarder, the skyscrapers that line Dubai's Sheikh Zayed Road, and Mall of the Emirates, in which you can peep inside and catch a glimpse of Lego skiers on the indoor ski slope.

Even the sleek 'seven-star' Burj Al Arab Hotel has been created out of Lego bricks.

From the wider Middle Eastern region, the Lego versions of ancient Petra, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Pyramids of Egypt all feature historically-themed Lego figures, garbed in traditional clothes and pulling camels and horse and carts.

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In contrast to these impressions of the Middle East in ancient times, the Lego Miniland versions of the buildings from the oil-rich Gulf countries are ultra modern – including Makkah Royal Clock Tower in Mecca, which opened in 2011, and the three slender Al Masli Towers in Kuwait, which were build in 1979.

More than 200 model builders from around the world worked on these Miniland structures, which are housed inside a vast 25 metre-tall dome.

It is the first Legoland Miniland in the world to be housed indoors, with the added benefit of air conditioning.

'I am feeling very relieved – it was a big challenge to get it done in such a short time,' says Legoland Dubai's Model Site Manager Stefan Bentivoglio, from Germany, who started working on the project in January.

More than 200 model builders from around the world worked on these Miniland structures, which are housed inside a vast 25 metre-tall dome

This park is the first Legoland Miniland in the world to be housed indoors, with the added benefit of air conditioning

Pictured, the Legoland version of the 'Dubai Eye' - the world's largest Ferris wheel - which in real life is still being built

'I am feeling very relieved – it was a big challenge to get it done in such a short time,' says Legoland Dubai's Model Site Manager Stefan Bentivoglio, from Germany

'The biggest challenge was that the models were built in shops all over the world - in Malaysia, Germany, America, Hungary and the Czech Republic, and they had to be sent out to Dubai.'

The Miniland scale is 1-20, meaning most of the buildings are 20 times smaller than the real ones. 'But our Burj Khalifa and the taller buildings are scaled down more', explains Bentivoglio – 'the Burj Khalifa is 1 to 50 so that it can fit in our dome. And the fountain is the biggest water fountain of any Legoland miniland in the world.

'The Burj Khalifa is absolutely outstanding. It's the tallest Lego building structure in the world. It looks like its made out of glass, but actually the Legoland Burj Khalifa is made completely out of transparent lego bricks that you might have at home. I would expect this to be the iconic landmark symbol of Legoland Dubai. '

The Burj Khalifa model, which was built in California, was designed and built in over 5,000 hours using 439,000 Lego bricks, and weighs a ton - literally.

Legoland Dubai also boasts over 40 rides, shows and attractions and 15,000 Lego model structures in six themed lands – Lego City, Adventure, Kingdoms, Imagination, Factory and Miniland, each unique in their design.

The Miniland scale is 1-20, meaning most of the buildings are 20 times smaller than the real ones. Pictured, Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed mosque

Legoland is the first theme park to open at the Dubai Parks and Resorts site in the city's Jebel Ali. Pictured, the city of Petra

Legoland CEO Siegfried Bosch says he was most proud of park's submarine adventure attraction – only the second of its kind in the world, after the first one opened at Legoland's Windsor Resort.

'This is something very special. We have real fish and sharks, rays. So you go into a submarine and you drive through an aquarium of live fish and look through the bull eyes and see the fish and there's a screen for the children to follow as well there with fish they can see on the digital screen.

'It has the same content as a normal aquarium but the experience is completely different because you go in a submarine underwater and you can see all these things from an under sea perspective without getting wet. We have Lego models in the water so it looks like a sunken village all built out of Lego bricks.'

Legoland is the first theme park to open at the Dubai Parks and Resorts site in the city's Jebel Ali, although the Hollywood-inspired park Motiongate park, and the Bollywood-inspired Bollywood Parks, as well as a separate Legoland water park, had all initially been scheduled to open on the same date, October 31.

The other parks have now pushed back their opening dates to November and December.

Motiongate park, and the Bollywood-inspired Bollywood Parks, as well as a separate Legoland water park, had all initially been scheduled to open on the same date, October 31

The other parks in the chain have now pushed back their opening dates to November and December this year

The park is also home to Lego versions of the Dubai Marina, with its boats and a Lego water flyboarder

LEGOLAND Dubai day tickets and annual passes are available now via www.LEGOLAND.ae and www.DubaiParksandResorts.com starting from Dh250 and Dh765 respectively.

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Middle East's first Legoland park made out of 60 million bricks opens in Dubai